"Native New Yorker, adoptive Chicagoan, 24-year veteran of being a stranger in a strange land." Drosophila (fly) person. Childless cat man. Cinema buff. "Fascinated by everything except how to dress," as Matt Groening would put it.https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mlgf5wechk2vNothing new here … RFK Jr. also thinks if a child is diagnosed with autism of any degree, it’s the parents’ fault. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgf5wechk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mleqs3njjs2yThat’s a roger… We learned about this strategy of Trump’s from the NYT reporting on his purloined IRS tax returns back in 2018. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleqs3njjs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mlefoxzrrs2nOne of my neighbors is leaving some sort of engineering job at #Mercedes in #Birmingham #Alabama for a job in #Austin #Texas with #Tesla. My view — City? ⬆️ State? ⬇️ Employer? ⬇️ He’s a good guy, good neighbor. I wish him well. I’ll miss him.08 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlefoxzrrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mled6wbmi22fAttention #chocolate connoisseurs: Do NOT place your expensive, locally produced, gourmet 3-ounce chocolate bars anywhere near the vents of your computer. If you’re lucky they’ll just soften, deform, and harden again inside the wrappers. If you’re unlucky… well… picture it.08 May 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mled6wbmi22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3ml4bfpoo2k2gThat was fun. I just discovered that #macOS Tahoe will “run out of application memory” when the swap-space used on the SSD equals the physical RAM installed. It then “pauses” the offending application, though if you don’t force-quit it fast enough everything else “pauses” & it’s hard-reboot time.05 May 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4bfpoo2k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3ml3fnmk2wk2zFound this at Atlas Obscura... I lived in #Chicago for 11 years. As a #jazz fan, I visited the Green Mill several times when I lived on the South Side. For 3 years, though, I lived just a couple of blocks away & never went in. The then-gf _hated_ jazz. NGD https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/green-mill05 May 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3fnmk2wk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3ml2u2pairc2a“Maybe closing down liberal arts colleges isn’t such a great idea, either?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2u2pairc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkynoyqj5k2zSlightly diminish a book: Crime and Pardon [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkynoyqj5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkus6quc4k2zChillaxing on the roof of my #cat condo… #Caturday #catsofbluesky #blackcats #noircats02 May 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkus6quc4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkupopt73s23Wisdom from my #Rockaway childhood friend & classmate. #WHCD [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkupopt73s23https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkqh3wjonc2fMore truthful would be: “I don’t know that I can walk around wearing a 20-pound vest. Those stairs getting on & off Air Force One are very steep!” [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqh3wjonc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkq2pdqzz225I still have TWO hardcopies. One is still in its shrink wrap. (I dunno, maybe I was thinking it would someday become a pricey collectible I could sell on eBay.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2pdqzz225https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mkjib5jt3s25Wake up #Alabama! Who _does_ Katie Britt work for? My friends @brightbluedot.bsky.social could make a digital billboard about this! That is… if you haven’t already. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjib5jt3s25